Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus Weekly Newspaper Newspapers 10-14-1976 The rsinU us Weekly, October 14, 1976 Alan Stetler Ursinus College Steve Shirk Ursinus College George Geist Ursinus College Donald R. Whittaker Ursinus College Craig Hoyer Ursinus College See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits oy u. Recommended Citation Stetler, Alan; Shirk, Steve; Geist, George; Whittaker, Donald R.; Hoyer, Craig; Wright, Keith; Saraco, Joseph; Schwartz, Andrew; and McCarthy, Cathryn, "The rU sinus Weekly, October 14, 1976" (1976). Ursinus Weekly Newspaper. 58. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/58 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ursinus Weekly Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Alan Stetler, Steve Shirk, George Geist, Donald R. Whittaker, Craig Hoyer, Keith Wright, Joseph Saraco, Andrew Schwartz, and Cathryn McCarthy This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/58 Ursinus eekI)' The No. 2 Volume LXXVI THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1976 II Freshmen Elect Officers Ursinus News In Brief] By STEVEN SHIRK Following all the campaigning, tory policy as ways of accomplish­ and secretary, respectively. Lis. Parsons Admitted To Sacred Heart speeches, and posters, the fresh­ ing his goals. He will be responsi­ who 1s here as a transfer student from Gettysburg College, plans to man class elected its officers Octo­ ble for all freshman activities and Dr. William T. Parsons, a member of the Ursinus History work with the students, officers, ber 7. Steven Greenfield, a biology serve as a representative to the Department, was admitted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Norris­ and administrators to make the major from Central High School in USGA. class as profitable as possible. town at 8 :30 p.m., Wednesday, October 6. Philadelphia, was voted to take Vice-president Ronnie Cubit, also Cooper, an undesignated humani­ Initially admitted to intensive care for an aneurism in the command of the freshmen in their a biology major, comes to Ursinus ties major. wanted to take an ac­ first year at Ursinus. Def eating from No rth Penn High School in tive part in her class, and figured upper digestive tract, Parsons is at press time rest ing in good candidates Robert Holly and Mich­ Pennsylvania. Representing the this was the best way to help. condition. Doctors are observing Parsons in order to decide ael Hoffman, President Greenfield freshman biology majors in that The representative to SFARC looks forward to t his great oppor­ depal'tment, Cubit says that she will be Patty Walters. Andy Fieo whether surgery is indicated. tunity to advance the class and has the desire and interest to ad­ and Kevin Ludwig we re elected as make our campus a better place. vance the class. She will be backed the two representatives to the Greenfield looks toward calendar up by Edward "Ted" Lis and Aleta USGA. Both Fieo and Ludwig are Reiner, Bozorth Receive Awards reform and changes in the dormi- Cooper, who were elected treasurer biology majors. Two educators at Ursinus College received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, the highest honor Ursinus Nine Join bestows, at the May 30 commencement exercises. USGA. Holds Carnival They were Dr. Albert L. Reiner, Associate Professor of Faculty Romance Languages and Chairman of that department; and Nine people have joined the fac­ Dr. Richard G. Bozorth, Dean of the College and Professor of ulty and staff of Ursinus for t he English. present academic year. Dr. Roger Dale Konyndyk, As­ Dr. Reiner, who joined the faculty in September 1971, sistant Professor of Mathematics, came to Ursinus from Briarcliff College, Briarcliff Manor, N. who was Mathemat ics Instructor at Y., where he was chairman of the Department of Modern Lan­ Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, and holds a doc­ guages four years. toral degree from t hat school. He earned three degrees from Harvard University; the Dr. David G. •Phillips, Biology In­ Bachelor of Arts, magna cum Jaude in 1973; the Master of Arts structor, who was teacher and re­ searcher at the University of_ New in 1937, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Philology in Hampshire, Durham, N.H., and re­ 1941. ceived a doctorate there this year. Dr. Bozorth, who joined the faculty in August 1969, was Dr. Patricia Ward, Instructor of German, formerly a part-time In­ Associate Dean of the ColJege at the University of Pennsyl­ structor at Ursinus, who holds a vania and Assistant Professor of English, where he served doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. since 1947. Dr. Otto Springer, Visiting Pro­ He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree there and at Prince­ fessor of German, who recently re­ ton University obtained both Master's and Doctor's Degrees tired from a 36-year career at the University of Pennsylvania, where in English language and literature. he held teaching and administration dutiea, in addition to editing Ger­ man-English dictionaries. Grant Supports Psych Research Dr. Linda L. Arkles, Lecturer in Mathematics, who reeeived a doc­ Last summer a grant was given to three Ursinus students torate from Temple University last through the National Science Foundation. This grant was re­ spring, where she taught since ferred to as "Undergraduate Research Participation." 1972. Mrs. Lynn E. Roller, Lecturer in The purpose of the grant was basically to make it possible Classics, who was archaeoloii'st for students to engage in supervised research during the sum­ and research assistant at the Uni­ versity Museum, and expects to re­ mer. It was to ·help these senior students get a head start on ceive a doctor of philosophy degree their honors work. The grant also supported student lab as­ this year from the University of sistants who were helping the researchers. Pennsylvania. Mr. William S. Bonds, Lecturer Each of the students-Alan Taren, Michael Mathews, and in Clasaics, who was a tutor of Debra Weiler-worked closely with an advisor. In addition, a Latin and Greek the past two years at the University of Pennsylvania, weekly research seminar was ·held during which the students and holds a master's degree in presented progress reports for the staff to criticize and com­ classical studies from the Univer­ ment on. This program is being continued throughout the sity of Pennsylvania. year. Frederick Rene Peiffer, Instruc­ tor in Physics, who wu assistant inatructor of Physics at the Uni­ Plwto by David Rosvoltl venity at Pennsylvania, and ex­ Staskiel to Make TV Debut pects to receive a doctoral degree thia year from the Univenity of Not all UrsinU& students become sc:ientista. James Stas­ Pennsylvania. Economics Club Meets kiel, whom seniors ma:r remem~ playiq the sadistic Corporal By GEORGE GEIST in proTheatre's 1974 spring production of The Caaeaaiaa Chalk The Economics Club began the Mr. Symons, and Dr. Petrakis, the Circle, graduated last spring from the Neighborhood Playhouse Theodore R. Schwalm, Presi­ det of the Board of Directon, fall semester with a reception in club's advisor, to the' new club School of the Theatre in New York City, "4d is beginning to recently issued the following Wismer Parents' Lounge. The club members. The group plans in<:lude: ~ a career-for llfmself as an act.or. opm invitation to the Ursinus is planning a year of activities for a trip to Wall Street during the spring semester, speaking engage­ community: all students with an interest in On October lTtl, Stuldal makea Illa profaufonal debut in ments by various authorities in the All atudenta are cordially in­ Telly the atHSad economics and business. industrial, academic and political _--,.,..-- with SMalil. Ill l8IDlent. "Where Yited to attend the Inauguration The reception in Wismer Par­ arenas, a discussion of economic Whan ~a )lo Place tO Go!" Jhn ·~ in the ceremony of President Richard ents' Lounge attracted between issues in the election year by a P. Rlcbtv on Sunday. Novem­ ai Nowi~~ forty and fifty students from representative from Eugene Mc­ Mr '1, at 1:80 p.m., in Be'Ureri all classes and several majors. Carthy's Independent Party, and a Ball. The Iuupration will be Karyn Antoniacci, the club chair­ traditional Christmas party. Dr. foJ1owed bJ a raceptlon in Wil­ man, greeted the group, and Dr. mar Ball. Petrakis and the club's ofricera Pilgrim, department chairman, in­ have organized what appears to be troduced ea« members, Mr. Myers, an active club. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1976 PAGE TWO THE VRSINVS WEEKLY Editorial Gathryn L . ..McCarthy Another Look at Alumni By DON WHITI'AXER Comment • • • 'Don Whittaker Contrary to popular opinion, the they spend a lot of time on alumni dents aippreciate the value of an alumni are not all n inety-seven activities, and each seems to derive Ursinus education-these were the year old ogres, nor do they only satisfaction from his role. important parts of the meeting. appear on homecoming to steal all I was immediately impressed by The successes of the committee, Ursinus & The Arts the parking spaces. As a vital two aspects of the committee-'the particularly the job seminar con­ force in the college they are dy­ average age of those attending the ducted last year were carefully ap­ namic, energetic, and concerned a­ meeting was much closer to forty praised, and the committee deter­ The non-relationship which exists between Ursinus Col­ bout the students, the college, and than seventy; and every member mined to continue such activities.